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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
Management OF Chickens.
Farmers Home.

As n general rule, do not disturb the
chickens for the first twenty-four hours
after their birth. if the hen will stay on
the nest. The little things will not take
any harm if they do not eat for the first
forty-eight hours. The most they need
is brooding. At this period they get
more strength from it than from food.
AS a preventive of vermin, rub a little
fresh grease of any kind, say the size of
"a pea, ON the tops of the chickens heads
and backs. Do not put sulphur ON the
hen or chicks, as it will get into their
eyes and poison them.
For the first week, stale bread soaked
in milk or water. or hard-boiled eggs
chopped fine, is best Indian meal, when
uncooked, is bad for young chickens;
it swells and hardens in their crops. As
soon as they will eat it, cracked corn or
wheat is much better for chickens than
meal. They do not waste as much, it
does not get sour, and one can have it
near by them, SO that they are not OBJ
liged to feed so often.
Do not rout the little chickens out in
the morning before they wish to- go.
Do not let them out in the wet. Feed
little and often, especially before they
retire. Keep water near them, in dishes
so shallow that they will not be drowned.
Do not set the coop on the cold, damp
ground. If early in the season, put the
coop in a barn or shed with a floor to it,
The little chickens need to be kept warm
and dry. When they on the cold ground
all night they are liable to be sick next
day, and soon the whole brood will be
dragging their wings on the ground,
peeping piteously for a few days then dy-
ing. 1t is mistake to put straw in the
coop. The little chickens get their feet
entangled, and then the hen treads on
them. Fine coal ashes are good in the
coop. Later in the season. after the
ground gets dry and warm, put the coop
ON soft ground, if it is convenient, and
sprinkle powdered sulphur over the
ground. Change the position of the coop
frequently.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21

The New York Herald, emulating its
neighbor the Sun, which shines to wilt
Presidential blooms, is calling forth the
name of one after another choice for the
Vice Presidency. Having severely ex-
ercised the modesty of editor Grady of
the Atlanta Constitution, it now
turns to Henry Watterson of the
Louisville COarier-JourRaI and extols
his merits, evidently inviting criticism
of its choice. This, like the sport of the
boys mentioned by Esop in one of his
little stories is death to the frogs" 1t
is hard ON the most brilliant man to
pluck him up by the coat collar, as it
were, and, holding him up to the gaze of
the country, shout out How will this
man do for Vice President 2
One of the most cruel things about
this process of Unnatural Selection is the
suddenness with which the selection is
made. Like lightning, one does not
know where it will strike next. 1t
catches men unawares, gives them no
time to put on their Sunday clothes nor
get a shave, and makes a public exhibit
ton of them under a sort of electric
light of hort-paragraphed editorial. 1t
gives that chance for all his enemies to
boot at the victim selected which moth
ing else does except nomination for
office. 1t is friendly way of putting a
man in pillory. The writing sufferer
sees all his faults in print. must read
numerous incorrect biographies of him.
self, such as make an Irishman n native
of hated England and n German out of
one born in Alsace. The cottp-de-grace
comes in the shape of arguments to
prove his incapacity for the office.
The peculiar merit of these selections
may be seen in the case of Mr. Waiter
son. As presiding officer of the Senate
he would be called upon to recognize and
name by their respective States MEM
bers in all parts of the Senate chamber,
yet his editorial copy is almost illegible
sometimes, il is said, because his eye
lashes dabbIe in the ink before it has
time to- dry, and he scorns the
aid of the opticians art. One
of the most brilliant editorial writers
the country has ever seen, 1t is known
that he is engaged as a care-taker of the
Star-Eyed Goddess of Reform and
could not desert this sacred trust for
any lesser office. Many other reasons
would occur to those who know him
well why he should not be selected and
they will all be brought out
Only obscurity can save the members
q the editorial fraternity1 from this
cruel sport q the Herald
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
SLAVES IN MOTT STREET.


Two WeAItny Cm1nosG MeTCn8mtS fACeubCu
ofOwnfng their Servants.
All Chan and Kwong Hing Lung, rich
Chinese shopkeepers of Mott street, are
still subjects of the Emperor of China, and
are not particularly well versed in the
laws and customs OF this country, except
those which relate to money getting and
money keeping. 1t is supposed that they
have not enlightened their Oriental intel
ligence with the fact that for good
many years now slave owning has
not been looked upon with favor
by legally constituted authority in the
United States Anyway All Chan and
Kwong Hing Lung are said to be full
fiedged slave-owners- All Chan, who
does business at No. 8 Mott street and
lived at No. IA, has am eleven-year-old
Chinese girl slave whom he bought two
wears ago for 300. He values her now
at $500. She is very small for her age
and not at all prepossessing in appear
ance. She does all the household work
for All Chan and his family, which con-
sists of Mrs. Chan and two children She
can be seen almost every day scurrying
about on errands between All CHAINS
store and his house.
Kwong Hing Lung, who lives on the
| floor of No. 4, has another slave girl
| She is thirteen years old and dresses in
| the regular costume of a Chinese domes-
tic. Mr.. Lung paid $3.50 for her in Can
ton two or three years ago, but, he
| wouldn't sell her now for less than $500.
Mr.. Lung has a wife and one child. The
| slave does all their drudgery. Lung
owns No. 10 Mott street and has an in
terest in No. IS. All Chan owns No. 5.
| A World reporter hunted up Kwong
| Hing Lung yesterday and asked him
what he thought about the prOpriety OF
holding a slave in country where slav-
| cry had been abolished. He said that he
was not an American and that it was
| the custom in China to buy and sell
whom ne pleased, even the prettiest girl
or boy in China. LII he had money and
| if their parents or guardians wanted to
dispose of their children he would buy
| them.
Suppose the authorities here make
you give up your slave. What would
| YOU do them
Chow he prove me have slave: Ne
can say me hire him from China,
twittered the Acknowledged millionaire.
but the girl said that she has had nC
money from you for the past two years
nor the knowledge of any ever sent t.
her folks in China. How are you going
to prove that she did get wages from
you?'
-'Oh, me no talkee you no mo-. You
gor' was MIR. Lungs emphatic remark t.
this"
All Chan refused to say anything
about the matter, but intimated in hi!
soft Mott street patois that what he die
in his own house was strictly his owl
business. The Mott street ChinameI
who were asked about All Chan ant
Kwong Hing Lungs human possession
didn't seem at all surprised that rici
man should own people. A rich China
man can do about as he likes, anyway
The poorer shirt-scrubbers of his nation
hold pleasant theory that wealth mean
immunity from any kind of crime
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21


The attention of our readers has been
drawn before to the immense increase of
immigration from Europe, but it re-
manned for Parnellite member OF the
House of Commons, VIM. a. Mcdonald,
to account for it, so far as Ireland is con-
cerned. He assured the Commons that
it was due to the bill to collect rent by
criminal process, generally called the
Coercion Bill. As there are only a few
millions of real Irishmen left in Ireland,
perhaps the best plan to solve the diff
Guilty would be an immense system OF
colonization. Let the landlords have
Ireland. Perhaps that is the new plan
of meeting the Coercion Bill recently al
luded to by Mr.. Dillon in speech in
Tn1bIin
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
Abolish the Blue Laws.
New YORK Herald.

The present session is drawing to a
close, but that fact should not deter the
Legislature from relieving this and other
large cities of the State from the oper-
alton of certain blue Sunday laws which
are now being enforced To- the great
annoyance and discomfort of the conf
munity.
The law which has been construed, err
roneously as we think, to prohibit the
supplying of wine i'm hotel dining rooms
and restaurants on SUNDAY is an inva-
sion of individual rights and domestic
habits that ought not to- be tolerated in
any free country. The hotel is the per-
manent home of thousands of people and
the transient abode of a multitudeof trav-
elers To dictate what beverage shall or
shall not be taken by such persons with
their meals is as unwarranted and ty-
rannical as it would be to perscribe what
drink shall be served at the family or
boarding house table,
And the same is equally true of res
taurants and eating houses. New York
is a city of restaurants and eating houses.
In may of these wine or beer is as dis
tinctive a feature of the dinner served
as soup or meat. and is as harmless as
coffee 1t would be Just as reasonable
| to prohibit the drinking of tea and cot
| fee as wine or beer at the Sunday restau-
rant dinner. Let the Legislature abolish
at once the outrageous law now enforced
against hotels and eating houses.
The proposition to license the sale oi
wine and beer in respectable resorts dur
ing certain hours ON Sunday is also {
sensible one that should be promptly anC
| favorably acted ON. A large proportior
/ of the population i'll this city are Ger
mans. 1t has been their custom to seel
social enjoyment in their favorite re-
sorts ON Sunday. Here they sit, talk
smoke and drink beer. There is no dis
order. no intemperance. They enjoy
themselves without interfering with thu
rights or comfort of others. Unde
proper regulations the sale of beer an,
wine can be allowed in such places OF
Sunday without harm to thecommunity
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
LOVED HIN STILL.


A woman Pathetic Plea To Have Free
dom for q Tennessee Convict.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 10.-Eighteen
years ago the doors of the State prison
closed behind Frank Riddle, of Mason
County, who had been sentenced to life
imprisonment for numbering a German
peddler. There were doubts as to the
guilt of Riddle, who, refusing to ac-
knowledge the crime and accept fifteen
years, insisted upon plea of not guilty.
The trial resulted in his conviction, and
he appealed to the Supreme Court, which
granted a new hearing. A second YER
dict against him was rendered and he
was sent to the penitentiary. Year after
year passed. One after another of the
life convicts died, and Riddle almost
abandoned hope of obtaining his free
dom.
While Governor TAYLOR was seated in
his office yesterday a woman walked in
To the department and presented to him
a petition for executive clemency signed
by the Iessees and every officer of the
prison, who stated that Riddles long in
generation had served the ends of JUS
| tice. Accompanying the petition was a
letter written by the woman who bore
| it. After the Governor had read the
| documents the lady rose, and, address
| ing him said:
| "Governor Taylor, when the man
| was accused of murder | was engaged to
| be married To him. / did not believe
him guilty, and did not break the Ell
gagement. During tine two or three
| years that the trial was pending | still
believed in him. During the eighteen
| years of his confinement | have stuck 20
him. His parents have died. His
| brothers and sisters are all dead, except
| a sister who lives out West. The people
| who were interested in the case then
have forgotten him. l am the only
friend he has in the world. My life has
been wrapped up in him. L believe in
him and have loved him through all
these long, weary years, and want you
to pardon him. l do not ask you to
think him an innocent man, but for the
sake of two lives that may yet be happy
| implore you to set him free"
| Without waiting to hear the Cover
nor's decision she arose and left the office
and the capitol. When the Governol
had cleared bis eyes of tears, he said Il
Bishop Cranberry: ''Such devotion and
consistency have never seen, and what
even Riddle may have deserved, it does
look as if that woman ought to have {
chance at happiness"
The prisoner will be pardone,k
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
many

In the midst of SO many
positive opinions relative to the
Interstate Commerce law it is in
spiriting to have such an opinion as
that of Jay Gould. When asked by one
of the Pacific Railroad Commission what
his opinion of the Interstate Commerce
law was he replied: Il should prefer to
wait year or two before giving any def
mite opinion" To be sure, it is I'M
American not to be able to give decided
opinion off-hand ON the government of
the universe itself, or at least ON five
seconds study, but the great American
Aquarius wants a year or two to make
up his mind as to this law. He has got
so far as to say that there is great deal
of good and some bad about it, but he
will not commit himself further. Wise
Jaw Gould
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
PREPARING TAX AND FEATHERS
The Park Ridge Ministers Determined to
Speak Despite the Villagers Threats.
n "

speak Dtspite the Nhia%cfs
y. Y.worid-
There has been little talked of among
the people at Park Ridge, N J., since
Sunday last but the mobbing of the
speakers In the gospel tent in that vii
lage. Since the citizens meeting Mon
day evening, when notice was given to
Mr.. Switzer that he and Mr.. Mason
would receive a coat of tar and feathers
if they persisted in holding service on
Thursday evening, arrangements have
been made for carrying the
threat into effect. Several people
have volunteered To undertake various
portions of the programme, and it is be
lieved that the punishment will be in
flicted should the preachers persist. MIR.
Switzer was asked by "A World reporter
yesterday if they still intended to open
their meeting. He said /: Yes, sir. We
own the ground and the tent, and have
the right to hold the meeting, and unless
God in His providence interferes the
meeting will be held" Asked if he eX-
pected to receive a coat of tar and feath-
ers, he replied that he did, but would
not resist, adding Il shall submit for
Christ's sake, as 1 did Sunday evening"
To this MIR. Mason, Mr.. Switzer's assis-
| tant Mrs Howell, another member of
the little band, and all of MIR. SwitZer' 5
| family responded with chorus OF
amen" Mrs. Switzer then said: MIR.
| Switzer Is as dear to me as any husband
is to wife, and it will be no pleasure to
me to see him injured, but if it is God S
will / shall go with him and see him
| through it"
| Even his little children have consent
| ed that their father shall even die for the
cause" interjected Mrs. Howell.
1--WE wrestled in PRAYER until II O'clOck
last night" said Mrs. Switzer. I'VE are
no fanatics
Messrs. Hall and Forbes, two residents
of Park Ridge, visited Hackensack yes
terday and asked that sheriff's posse be
sent to the village to preserve order, but
both Sheriff BrinkerhOff and County
Prosecutor Campbell declined to inter
fere unless riot was actually in prog
| reSS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
DemoraIIzed Bloody shirt Waivers.

In n recent speech in New Orleans Fri
day last jefferson Davis said: United
you are. and if the Union is ever to be
broken let the other side break it. The
truths we fought for shall not encourage
you ever to fight again; but keep your
word in good or evil" The manifesto
ton of jeff Davis complete resignation
to the existing order of things viii be a
grievous disappointment to the gallant
army of bloody-shirt waivers in the
North. 1t is n scheme for Davis thus to
deprive them with one fell stroke of the
campaign material his alleged unregen-
erateness afforded them.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
A Unique Curiosity.
Florida Herald.

Col c. F. Hopkins, the veteran sur
veyor, has in hispossession unique curl
osity in a shell. in which, distinctly out
lined, is the face and form of baby in
startling distinctness. The shell was
found some time ago by Johnny Hop
kins, the little son of Joe Hopkins
keeper of the hfe-saving station at Cape
Maiabar, on the Florida coast
The shell was inspected by celebrated
lapidary, who became SO enthusiastic
that he offered the Colonel s. large sum
of money for the curiosity, but nothing
viii induce Col. Hopkins to part with 1t.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21

1t seems there is still considerable OPP
position to a union of the two branches
of the Presbyterian Church. Some ser
mons should be preached from the text
which commends unity among the
hrefhrpu
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
THE DAILY NEWS

THE DAILY NEWS is published every morn
inr EXCEPT Monday, and delivered by carriers
in the city or mailed, postage free, 81 for three
months ~ for six months, or s. per annum
TTE WEEKLY NEWS Is large fOur-page ID
column paper, published every Friday, con,
faining all the news of the week. local and
General. IL Is the largest and handsomest
weekly paper published in Florida, and will be
uaiied postage free, for 81 "A year, or 30 cents
for six months Specimen copies Tree 10 any
address
Local advertisements. % cents per line Tor
frst Insertion, and 10 cents per line Tor eacn
additional insertions Special notices, 10 cents
Ger line. Reduced rates on continued adver-
dsements
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month. Special and short-time payable
In advance
All remttanccs should be made by express
money-order or registered letter
Address, THE. NE"s,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21

Singular as it may seem the Queen OF
the Sandwich Islands prefers Boston TO
Chicago, the culture which is mustered
there being more to her taste than the
products of the city of ham and canned
hea
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
BARBECUE"
$4,000 WORTH Of Goods
which lavene ever leenoGe m Re
A REGULAR BARBECUE!
At DevereuX'S
SALES POSITIVE
deviation whatever

$50 pieces--by actual count--Ginghams and
Seersuckers at z, 8 and 10 cents; sold every
where at 12a. Is and 20 cents
SO pieces Crinkled Seersuckers at 9, 8 and
10 cents, worth more than double the money.
White goods and Laces at greatly reduced
prices.
$50 dozen Bed Spreads at so to rs cents
each, worth from 81 90 to ST. rs in any mar
ket to-day.
The VERY BEST CALICOES at cents,
and some at 3 and 4 cents. None over 5 cts
SO Pieces--exactly--of 81, % and 1914
Sheetings at comparatively low prices. Way
Below Cost"
$50 Dozen White and Fancy Numbered and
unlaundered Shirts at so cents each, worth
really 81 90 and 81 SO.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
Preferred it Dry.
Memphis Avalanche,

An American recently sent a bath
tub to a gentleman in Naples as pres
ent and received a note day or two
after asking when the oars were COM
ing.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
PALATKA. FLA. MAY 81. 1887.

Boston pays high honors to Queen kap-
ioIani. 1t is not her coppery hue but her
high degree of polish that charms the
Rostopasp
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21
Barlow Adyance-Courier

Tallahassee, chief of the Seminoles,
with his two sons, Tommie Hill and So
fankee made us . call last week. They
also had Freeman & Wall take their
photographs wilhelm town.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-21

The last snow fell in New York less
than three months ago. Now "A cool
spell is welcomed there as a relief from
the early heat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-30
Natural Soap Studs.
From the Virginia City Enterprise.

From the Virginia City Enterprise.
Mono Lake is full of soda, borax,
and other minerals in solution. The
water of both Owens and Mono Lakes
natural detergent. The dirtiest
and greasisst of clothing is made clean
in half a minute by simply rinsing the
article in the lake. It fathers natu-
rally when agitated.
When there is high wind a. wall of
suds three or four feet high is seen
along that shore upon which the
waves beat. This qpivering wall-in
which are seen all the colors of the
rainbow, and as many beauties as
are shown by the kaleidoscope-would
grow to a height of ten or twelve feet
before topping over, but that when it
attains u certain height the wind
catches it up and watts great halls OF
it far inland. Some of these floating
balloons OF lather are as big as flour
barrel.
AS the prevailing winds are from the
west, all vegetation on the western
shore of the lakes is killed for a dis
taace OF many rods. When there are
uuoSussAy uASu WHO'S Cne Dail6 OF SuOS
are blown 50 far inland as to reach
clumps Of willows and other bushes.
the leaves of which are then seen to
be scorched as though by fire.
The water just as it comes from the
lakes, would make an excellent sham
poo for the use of BARRIERS, and the
solid matter resulting from evapora.
ton would make q fne washing pow
der for laundry use.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-30
Romantic story From Army Life.

Romantic Story From Army Life.
An army officer is quoted as telling
4 most romantic story OF q brother
officer, who graduated with him from
West Point many years ago. Shortly
afterward this friend married q pretty
girl, and for q time things went
smoothly. but John Barleycori1. who
has killed more soldiers than have
ever fallen in battle, got the best of
him and he went to the dogs rapidly.
Finally he threw up his position in the
Years nothing was heard Of him. a A. At
last news came to the poor woman
that the worthless wretch was dead,
and after q time she married another
officer and they moved out to his sta
ton at one of the far Western posts.
In the meantime it seems that her
first husband was not dead, but, after
years OF debauchery and wandering,
reformed. Ile then began to make in.
quires for tho woman he had deserted.
Nothing was known Of her, and after
along and fruitless search he Was forced
to the conclusion that she had given
up the struggle. He came to Wash.
ington, where, through the assistance
ofsome influential friends, he procured
an appointment in the army. Then
believing himself free he married again
and took his wife to the frontier post
to which he was ordered-the same at
which his first wife was living. The
meeting, the shock of mutual recogni-
ton, the deep shame OF the terrible
situation. is something to which no pen
can do justice. What were they to
do? The question has not } ct reached
satisfactory settlement.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-06-30
Tie Up to This Man Girls, One
of You.

From the Williamsburg Grit.
In my rambles the other day I dis
covered model husband in the Third
ward. He is a young man and bound
to be wealthy. Recently. when peo-
pie were all excitement over Bar
NUNS hairy family, Paul Boyton and
the glittering paraphernalia of the
circus, he labored all day at his regu-
lar occupation. After supper he spent
three hours posting up tine books for
a nearby merchant, receiving $3.50
for his labor. He then went home,
took up a parlor carpet, cleaned the
floor, beat the carpet, put it down
again and rearranged the room before
retiring. The next morning he was up
at o'clock, and worked an hour and
q half in his garden, going to his meals
smiling aad happy. saw him
as busy as ever in the store where
he is employed, and he was calculating
on cleaning a couple of rooms at
night. He looks strong and hearty
and says he never feels fatieued. Girls,
that's the kind of q man to tie to.
By little strategy he might be in
duced to do all the housework.